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White House Correspondent With Iowa Ties To Headline Annual Banquet Oct. 5

Jennifer Jacobs, whose journey to White House correspondent began in Iowa, will bring back home tales of covering the Trump presidency when she serves as the annual Celebrating a Free Press and Open Government Banquet’s guest speaker in Des Moines on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017.

By IowaWatch

/ 17 Aug 2017

White House Correspondent With Iowa Ties To Headline Annual Banquet Oct. 5

America Needs More Than Just ‘Thoughts And Prayers’

Our leaders like to remind us, and the rest of the world, too, that the United States is the most powerful nation on Earth. Yet, the events of the past

By Randy Evans / Stray Thoughts

/ 23 Jun 2017

America Needs More Than Just ‘Thoughts And Prayers’

Three Leading Iowa Journalists, Late University Of Iowa Professor Given Top Watchdog Awards

Three long-time Iowa journalists and a late University of Iowa professor were honored for pursuing open government in Iowa.

By Madison Petersen

/ 29 Sep 2016

Three Leading Iowa Journalists, Late University Of Iowa Professor Given Top Watchdog Awards

IowaWatch Sunshine Week Report: The Cost Of Uncertainty In Iowa’s Public Record Laws

Costs and time spent defining what qualifies as an open record in Iowa are the biggest impediments to gaining access to information about how government functions and the way public money is spent. The cluster of rules defining public records in Iowa can be confusing or leave room for uncertainty. W

By Lauren Mills

/ 13 Mar 2016

IowaWatch Sunshine Week Report: The Cost Of Uncertainty In Iowa’s Public Record Laws

IowaWatch Joins Iowa Freedom Of Information Council

The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism-IowaWatch has joined the Iowa Freedom of Information Council as a First Amendment member because it matches the center’s goal of shining a spotlight on institutions and people who have authority over public policies, trends and events.

By IowaWatch

/ 15 Feb 2016

IowaWatch Joins Iowa Freedom Of Information Council

Iowa Draws A Lowly D+ In New Government Transparency Report

The fact that state authorities sought to obstruct disclosure of a police shooting in Burlington explains, in part, why Iowa received an overall grade of D+ in a 2015 State Integrity Investigation conducted by the Center for Public Integrity and Global Integrity.

By Lauren Mills/Center for Public Integrity

/ 9 Nov 2015

Iowa Draws A Lowly D+ In New Government Transparency Report

Former College Newspaper Editor, Adviser And Two Open Government Veterans Honored For Their Efforts

A former Muscatine Community College student newspaper editor and that paper’s former faculty adviser were awarded the IowaWatch Free Press Champion Award for working Iowa journalists or journalism educators at the annual IowaWatch Celebrate a Free Press and Open Government banquet in Des Moines.

By Julian Sanchez

/ 8 Oct 2015

Former College Newspaper Editor, Adviser And Two Open Government Veterans Honored For Their Efforts

1st Amendment Expert Ken Paulson To Headline Annual IowaWatch Banquet Oct. 8

Register now for the IowaWatch annual banquet. First Amendment expert and educator Ken Paulson will be the guest speaker at the third annual Celebrating a Free Press and Open Government Banquet, titled this year “Journalism's Core...The Contemporary First Amendment.

By IowaWatch

/ 21 Aug 2015

1st Amendment Expert Ken Paulson To Headline Annual IowaWatch Banquet Oct. 8

IowaWatch Connection: Open Government

Iowa has some of the oldest and broadest laws favoring free information and open government, but sometimes those laws aren't followed. We'll talk with those charged with keeping the information flowing.

By Jeff Stein

/ 16 Mar 2015

Iowa gets C+ in State Accountibility Project

Iowa scored an F for its poor performance in giving the public access to public records.

By By Stephen J Berry, IowaWatch Staff, and Gazette Staff

/ 18 Mar 2012

Iowa gets C+ in State Accountibility Project

Reforms Could Clarify Iowa Open Records Law, Increase Transparency

IOWA CITY -- A police officer fired a gun in the Old Capitol Mall, just a couple hundred feet from stores, a medical clinic and University of Iowa offices. University officials call the 2009 incident an “accidental discharge” and say nobody was injured. But they refused to disclose who did it, how i

By Adam B Sullivan

/ 10 Mar 2011

Link to the Iowa Attorney General website, where they have bulletins posted that explain the regulations and requirements of